Window gazing at the world beyond – the Duke of Edinburgh’s Hillary Award

Anne Vize

By Anne Vize
Community contribution / September 5, 2016

Ever stood in front of a classroom of students and noticed one or two staring wistfully out the window, dreaming of something other than what you are teaching? What’s going on for these students? Are they bored? Not interested in the topic? Poorly behaved?

Maybe it’s none of the above.

Perhaps, rather than seeing these young people and their window gazing in a negative ...

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